Your average user would have no clue as to what you're talking about and probably wouldn't care. "Oh, cool, you mean it updates itself? Neat," is the typical reaction to Automatic Updates when explained simply to those people.
A lot of *computer savvy* people (a small subset of computer users) feel that way.
I'm not sure I disagree with you, but to play devil's advocate for a moment one *could* say the sale *does* take place in WA. The buyer makes a purchase from his or her home or workplace which is in the State of WA. The *physical* aspect of making a purchase (in this case clicking 'submit order' or whatever) is taking place in that state.
Governments do have to collect taxes. I actually prefer a sales or VAT tax over any income tax at all.
Again, not saying that I think they should necessarily get away with doing this. I *do* think that the entire tax system and code(s) needs a complete overhaul, not just in light of new technology such as the Internet, but also in light of how convoluted and cumbersome it is overall. Of course the politicos on both sides of the isle mostly like complicated tax codes. Makes it easier for them to bury loopholes for their masters...I mean campaign contributors.
Your incorrectly modded comment was the first hint of nationalism I saw in this discussion. The negative comments had nothing to do with where it was made and would apply just as equally to Boeing or Lockheed given the same data.
You work for a top 30 Uni that doesn't have an ERP system? I suppose I'm not too suprised at that, but that's really the best solution since if done properly it will tie everything together, not just time entry and tracking.
You are correct, it has to be conspicuously better. If it isn't then there is no compelling reason as seen in the eyes of the average user to even entertain a switch.
Well, maybe now that the world knows that Linux is really a cute girl it will change.
It's cute and has an Apple logo on it, you insenstive clod! Nevermind that it doesn't do anything much that hasn't already been done. Pay no attention to the man in the turtleneck behind the curtain...
Oh I didn't mean to imply that degrees are worthless; I just meant that they are not the absolute requirement some think they are. It takes a lot of luck on top of a certain amount of talent and a *lot* of hard work to get anywhere without one in many fields.
Our stories differ slightly then. My first IT job was repairing PC's ages ago, which at the time required no degree at all (still doesn't since it's actually an order of magnitude easier these days). I can say I learned a lot of interesting things in college over my on and off years attending, but nothing applied to or helped me get my start in the industry. In my case I started building with and coding on Z80's when I was about 9 or 10 though, so the knowledge I took into my career was self taught long before graduating from high school.
Painting all the enemies of the RIAA as illegal downloaders is just a form of attempted social engineering. If something is stated as fact often enough, the unwashed masses tend to embrace it as truth.
I never finished college (changed majors too many times to have enough credits for any one of them) yet my position lists an MIS and/or MBA as 'required'. It's called being good at what you do and working your way to the top.
I think they'd also be surprised at home many 'poor' people would jump at paying for high speed Internet. Remember, in the US at least most of those whom people like to call poor have TV's, DVD players, cable/sattelite and air conditioning even in many cases.
Of course their real beef is that the population densities are so low in many rural areas. Tough shit. Just as they had to extend phone service everywhere, Internet should be ubuiquitous and part of our infrastructure. Now, I *don't* want the government to take it all over (shudder), but I do want the telco's to fulfil their obligations.
That's a silly comment. It's not a matter of being shy about it. When barely anyone can run your product, nobody will buy it. Once there is a large enough mass of Vista users then you'll see games start to ditch DX 9 codepaths.
Sheesh, a lot of titles shipping today still have DX 8 codepaths and look pretty damn good on DX 8 hardware.
You'd be right if it were not for the fact that they got a ton of taxpayer money to assist in rolling out broadband 'everywhere'. Not to mention that in many cases (as with cable) they are granted 'franchises' (read: effective monopoly) in certain regions by local governments.
It's a scam, plain and simple. If they were financing it all themselves in a totally free market then I'd agree that it's just capitalism at work.
I've worked as a hiring manager for more than one company, and I've rarely ever seen an hourly employee get paid for breaks. It's not a common thing. They get paid for the time they work, which is the essence of an *hourly* employee by definition.
Having written more than my share of threaded apps I agree 100%. I still haven't looked into this more, but it's probably a C++ class library that abstracts the creation and management of threads. Too many threads thrashes the processor nicely in many cases, so unless they have some magic behind the scenes managing the number of threads vs. cores then this is just a hyped up multi threading library.
Fsck the chickens...show me what this does with a real game or a real world app that lends itself to highly parallel operations, then demo it on a quad quad core Xenon.
If by 'on the horizon' they mean 'possibly in the next ten years', then sure. I can see that happening. Quad cores are already here. If they double the number of cores every 18 months that means in 7.5 years we'll have 128 cores. I'm just throwing that out as an example, but it's certainly possible even if all the cores are not on the same package. Take 8 physical CPU's with 16 cores each for example.
Just rampant speculation, but it is certainly possible.
I think what he meant was 'each tracked in a separate thread'...obviously each core is still handling many threads. I haven't watched the presentation and don't plan on it until later today, too much to do and I'd rather read something about it. It just sounds like it provides an efficient high level way to write a multi threaded app. Evolutionary but not revolutionary?
NASA has had plenty of failures too, and I am not one who would start screaming that the sky is falling when they have another.
This is real life, and the reason one has test flights. Of course understanding real life involves leaving mom's basement, something a lot of the armchair would be rocket scientists here are hesitant to do. I'm not referring to you in particular, just a large portion of the slashbot crowd.
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I can only imagine that this will make even Bochs look fast in comparison!
Still, I'd love to tinker with this from a 'gee whiz' standpoint.
Your average user would have no clue as to what you're talking about and probably wouldn't care. "Oh, cool, you mean it updates itself? Neat," is the typical reaction to Automatic Updates when explained simply to those people.
A lot of *computer savvy* people (a small subset of computer users) feel that way.
The active cooling on memory is just like those cheap aftermarket rear fins you see on cheap riced out wannabe cars. All show, adds nothing to go.
I'm not sure I disagree with you, but to play devil's advocate for a moment one *could* say the sale *does* take place in WA. The buyer makes a purchase from his or her home or workplace which is in the State of WA. The *physical* aspect of making a purchase (in this case clicking 'submit order' or whatever) is taking place in that state.
Governments do have to collect taxes. I actually prefer a sales or VAT tax over any income tax at all.
Again, not saying that I think they should necessarily get away with doing this. I *do* think that the entire tax system and code(s) needs a complete overhaul, not just in light of new technology such as the Internet, but also in light of how convoluted and cumbersome it is overall. Of course the politicos on both sides of the isle mostly like complicated tax codes. Makes it easier for them to bury loopholes for their masters...I mean campaign contributors.
Your incorrectly modded comment was the first hint of nationalism I saw in this discussion. The negative comments had nothing to do with where it was made and would apply just as equally to Boeing or Lockheed given the same data.
Who is being vitriolic now?
You work for a top 30 Uni that doesn't have an ERP system? I suppose I'm not too suprised at that, but that's really the best solution since if done properly it will tie everything together, not just time entry and tracking.
Your sense of humor called. It misses you and wants to get back together. I really hope you two can work it out this time.
You are correct, it has to be conspicuously better. If it isn't then there is no compelling reason as seen in the eyes of the average user to even entertain a switch.
Well, maybe now that the world knows that Linux is really a cute girl it will change.
I really want to fsck her filesystems and transfer my data into her sockets.
It's cute and has an Apple logo on it, you insenstive clod! Nevermind that it doesn't do anything much that hasn't already been done. Pay no attention to the man in the turtleneck behind the curtain...
Oh I didn't mean to imply that degrees are worthless; I just meant that they are not the absolute requirement some think they are. It takes a lot of luck on top of a certain amount of talent and a *lot* of hard work to get anywhere without one in many fields.
Our stories differ slightly then. My first IT job was repairing PC's ages ago, which at the time required no degree at all (still doesn't since it's actually an order of magnitude easier these days). I can say I learned a lot of interesting things in college over my on and off years attending, but nothing applied to or helped me get my start in the industry. In my case I started building with and coding on Z80's when I was about 9 or 10 though, so the knowledge I took into my career was self taught long before graduating from high school.
Painting all the enemies of the RIAA as illegal downloaders is just a form of attempted social engineering. If something is stated as fact often enough, the unwashed masses tend to embrace it as truth.
It makes sense if you watch the animations after reading that very cogent explaination offered above.
This has not been out since 2003. You're talking about a report...this is a website FULL of reports, photos, etc.
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Two very different things. RTFA next time before you go karma whoring
I never finished college (changed majors too many times to have enough credits for any one of them) yet my position lists an MIS and/or MBA as 'required'. It's called being good at what you do and working your way to the top.
I think they'd also be surprised at home many 'poor' people would jump at paying for high speed Internet. Remember, in the US at least most of those whom people like to call poor have TV's, DVD players, cable/sattelite and air conditioning even in many cases.
Of course their real beef is that the population densities are so low in many rural areas. Tough shit. Just as they had to extend phone service everywhere, Internet should be ubuiquitous and part of our infrastructure. Now, I *don't* want the government to take it all over (shudder), but I do want the telco's to fulfil their obligations.
That's a silly comment. It's not a matter of being shy about it. When barely anyone can run your product, nobody will buy it. Once there is a large enough mass of Vista users then you'll see games start to ditch DX 9 codepaths.
:)
Sheesh, a lot of titles shipping today still have DX 8 codepaths and look pretty damn good on DX 8 hardware.
Pass me that pipe you're smoking
You'd be right if it were not for the fact that they got a ton of taxpayer money to assist in rolling out broadband 'everywhere'. Not to mention that in many cases (as with cable) they are granted 'franchises' (read: effective monopoly) in certain regions by local governments.
It's a scam, plain and simple. If they were financing it all themselves in a totally free market then I'd agree that it's just capitalism at work.
I've worked as a hiring manager for more than one company, and I've rarely ever seen an hourly employee get paid for breaks. It's not a common thing. They get paid for the time they work, which is the essence of an *hourly* employee by definition.
Having written more than my share of threaded apps I agree 100%. I still haven't looked into this more, but it's probably a C++ class library that abstracts the creation and management of threads. Too many threads thrashes the processor nicely in many cases, so unless they have some magic behind the scenes managing the number of threads vs. cores then this is just a hyped up multi threading library.
Fsck the chickens...show me what this does with a real game or a real world app that lends itself to highly parallel operations, then demo it on a quad quad core Xenon.
If by 'on the horizon' they mean 'possibly in the next ten years', then sure. I can see that happening. Quad cores are already here. If they double the number of cores every 18 months that means in 7.5 years we'll have 128 cores. I'm just throwing that out as an example, but it's certainly possible even if all the cores are not on the same package. Take 8 physical CPU's with 16 cores each for example.
Just rampant speculation, but it is certainly possible.
I didn't know the PS3 had thousands of cores ;)
I think what he meant was 'each tracked in a separate thread'...obviously each core is still handling many threads. I haven't watched the presentation and don't plan on it until later today, too much to do and I'd rather read something about it. It just sounds like it provides an efficient high level way to write a multi threaded app. Evolutionary but not revolutionary?
...that Malda was that old...
NASA has had plenty of failures too, and I am not one who would start screaming that the sky is falling when they have another.
This is real life, and the reason one has test flights. Of course understanding real life involves leaving mom's basement, something a lot of the armchair would be rocket scientists here are hesitant to do. I'm not referring to you in particular, just a large portion of the slashbot crowd.